Word: glues
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same role? For that matter, can e-commerce replace the corner bookstore without a net loss to the community? The answer is no: By turning to the Internet for things we once filled through human interaction, we are losing something as a society, a little bit of the glue that holds us together...
...teachers say it is integrated into the curriculum; thus a lesson about Helen Keller becomes a case study in courage and persistence. Students who demonstrate any of the pillars get their pictures posted in the hallway and free ice cream. Character ed, says principal David Steinberg, "is our philosophical glue." Among some students, though, there are signs the glue doesn't stick. "Most people just follow it to get the award," says sixth-grader Novlette Akinseye. "Sometimes it is really pushed into our heads," says seventh-grader Victoria McConnell. "It's a good idea, but it's pressured too much...
...been the glue that holds the council together," said Preceptor in Mathematics Robert Winters, the publisher of the Cambridge Civic Journal, a monthly political newsletter...
These are undeniable reasons why we as members of an entertainment-driven society follow the Oscars, Emmys and other merit-embodied-in-a-statuette ceremonies so closely. We glue our eyes to the television set during interminable self-congratulatory displays and read a slew of repetitious articles that agonize over who will take home that shiny figurine or plaque, all in the name of the cult of celebrity. It has become a cultural responsibility to know who the winners and losers are and, even better, to experience them winning and losing in television's version of real time...
...world of inevitable connections is ruledby Todd's prevalence and the overlappingsituations interspersed throughout the film,providing the glue that makes the intersectingperspective angle of the movie work. What sustainsthe rest of the film are surprises weaved througheach story that keep the audience guessing about whatabsurdity might pop up next...